April 5 Cafe – The quantum mechanics of your phone

with James Analytis

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

1403 Solano Ave, Albany, CA

7:00 pm

What is quantum mechanics, and how does it make the technology we enjoy possible? Professor James Analytis will present a short introduction into how quantum mechanics has changed the way we live, and why it might do so again very soon.

Exotic materials manifesting novel quantum phenomena

Dr. James Analytis

James Analytis joined the faculty in January 2013 as the Charles Kittel Chair in condensed matter physics. The Analytis lab at Berkeley is capable of creating new materials and characterizing their thermodynamic and transport properties, particularly in the presence of high magnetic fields.